Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A law court.
- adjective Of, relating to, or providing a basis for judgment.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the passing of judgment; belonging to the administration of justice; dispensing justice.
- noun A court of justice; a tribunal; any body of persons endowed with judicial authority: as, a church judicatory.
- noun Administration of justice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to the administration of justice; dispensing justice; judicial.
- noun A court of justice; a tribunal.
- noun Administration of justice.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to
judgement , or to passing asentence . - adjective By which a judgement can be made;
decisive ,critical . - noun A
court ortribunal - noun
judicature
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"We strongly oppose some people making arbitrary criticism on China's judicatory with double standards," said the spokesman.
Chinese Law Court Denounces Nobel Prize Associated Press 2010
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A Cardiff councillor faces an uncertain future while a judicatory panel decides if he breached the code of conduct for Nazi comments
Councillor awaits decision on future following Nazi remarks Hannah Waldram 2010
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Panel say evidence shows Cook used word 'Nazi'Today the judicatory panel told the tribunal of how they interpreted the facts, based on the evidence they had heard.
Councillor awaits decision on future following Nazi remarks Hannah Waldram 2010
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One of the contributions that "independent" and "emerging" churches have given to ecclesiastical discussions is to make theological educators and judicatory leaders more self-conscious about the importance of market conditions for religious institutions.
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I am a person who has no means of support, who is, after a careful examination of all medical documents determined BY a medical judicatory to be unable to support or even find income in my lifetime and have no current income or support.
Disability Canada: Federally determined worthless Elizabeth McClung 2008
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While in Canada, we have to PAY the doctors to fill out sick notes and the forms 14 pages to be examined by a medical judicatory.
Disability Canada: Federally determined worthless Elizabeth McClung 2008
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The Presbyterian Church judicatory of the bounds, considering the ceremony as a bravading insult upon their authority, had applied to the Lord Keeper, as the nearest privy councillor, for a warrant to prevent its being carried into effect; so that, when the clergyman had opened his prayer-book, an officer of the law, supported by some armed men, commanded him to be silent.
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I am a person who has no means of support, who is, after a careful examination of all medical documents determined BY a medical judicatory to be unable to support or even find income in my lifetime and have no current income or support.
Archive 2008-10-01 Elizabeth McClung 2008
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While in Canada, we have to PAY the doctors to fill out sick notes and the forms 14 pages to be examined by a medical judicatory.
Archive 2008-10-01 Elizabeth McClung 2008
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App., June 25, 2007 the court said that a long line of state and U.S. Supreme Court decisions require using the "principle of government" or "highest church judicatory" approach in resolving church property disputes.
Archive 2007-06-01 Howard M. Friedman 2007
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